The Common Blue photo is brilliant Trevor but that Grizzled Skipper photo is absolutely awesome. I would be dining out on that photo all year if I had taken it.

bugboy wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 8:21 pm That's a very vivid Common Blue, at a quick glance I thought it was an Adonis!

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I hope that Magnet is still on the mend Pauline. Being a part of the family, pets can be such a worry. Humans can tell you exactly how they are feeling and I have always felt so helpless at times with pets because of the communication barrier. Animals are so stoic in their ill health too. May I ask ...

Thank you for your kind words ZZW / Neil. It is actually awful for butterflies in my corner of South Derbyshire. Really bad. When one has it bad to begin with. and then one finds oneself more than 50% down on the preceding year, it is really bad. Maybe that is what the aforementioned helicopter was ...

My one and only trip to Rodborough Common was very similar David. A forecast of sunshine saw me sat in the car park with torrential rain beating down on the roof of the car. I spent the time composing an email to the BBC in my head asking if their weather forecasting people underwent annual appraisa...

Thank you ZZW. I had a rather torrid time in my life with all manner of tragedies and challenges thrown at me. I often think of your user name when I am out in the field and I do the zig zag wandering. It is such a brilliant and apt way to describe what we do. I wonder what others must think when th...

Some wonderful photos Guy. The Powershot SX70 HS is evidently a fantastic camera. Such clarity and colour with every photo. This might be one for my shopping list.

Fantastic cluster of photos ZZW. That is interesting to see the badger out in broad daylight. The Broad Bodied Chaser is a bit creepy looking close up, like some Dr Who creation of the Tom Baker era.

An enjoyable narrative (did quite a bit of catching up over a few pages) and wonderful photos Dave. Lots of Holly Blues ! I was particularly taken with the 'Staines Moor Small Copper'. There is something rather charming and heart warming about encountering an old stalwart in situ. One can go about o...

I read back over the last 2 pages and you really have chosen a fantastic place to live Ernie - with so many places to visit on your doorstep and locally. I liked the cow sign

The Glanvilles now appearing in numbers at Hutchinsons Bank, hopefully a good year now. Here is a fresh male from yesterday.DSC05610.JPG This news had me looking to see where Hutchinson's Bank was and then wondering whether I fancied the drive there and back. A Glanville is on my list of butterflie...

It looks like a Twiglet to me Pauline. I hope that helps

Excellent narrative and photos Neil. I was there yesterday and unsurprisingly your account of your day was not too dissimilar to my own. I didn't see any Green Hairstreak mind you. I also saw the many species of moth that you were able to identify - the difference being I didn't identify them. One d...

Absolutely awesome photos Pauline. It is like a quality episode of Sprinmgwatch opening up your thread. I have only read the last 2 pages having been away from the forum for quite a while and my eyes are as big as saucers looking on in wonder at all that I have seen. I was thinking about setting up ...

The white spot (when there is one) always seems to have a black centre in Brown Argus, whereas in NBA it is clear white. Dave The first thread that I click on after an absence from the forum for far too long (extenuating circumstances) gives me some learning. Cheers Dave. The next challenge I have ...

Superb ! A 'Lifer' for me. Thank you for the butterfly intelligence SG. A week of sunshine ahead, a week of annual leave and reunited with my sickly car presents opportunities for me.

That looks like the rare Voodoo Mask moth Pauline. What a fascinating looking character that is. I love the way lepidoptera have their anti-predator appearances when at rest.

All of them are lovely photos Bertl but I am really taken by the first one. Congratulations, that's a cracker.

Good riddance to May. What a dreadful butterfly month that was.

Thank you Lawts and Rosalyn. I have that childlike Christmas Eve excited feeling about seeing this Lifer for me.